› added 5 years ago

110

TIL There is a 25 ft tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Read more susquehannalife.com

via reddit.com

BgEyW TIL that in Breaking Bad they used a modified glass pie plate that isn’t suitable for stovetop cooking, to achieve the shot of Jesse cooking his Heuvos Rancheros from inside the stove. Big props to Ikura Prime for recreating it!
AdWg TIL that when Robin Williams was asked to take a seat during his audition for the role of Mork, he immediately sat on his head on the chair. He was cast on the spot.
kJ0Z5 TIL A controversial Cricket strategy nearly threatened diplomatic relations between England and Australia in the 1930s
69M8m TIL in 1857, before Minnesota became a state, there was a bill passing through the territorial legislature to move capital from St. Paul to St. Peter. Chairman of the Enrolled Bills committee Joseph Rolette took the bill and disappeared with it, preventing it from reaching the governor's desk.
lo4Qa TIL anti-communists wanted the story of Robin Hood removed from education because they considered 'stealing from the rich to give to the poor' as communism